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The only remaining courts retaining the name "court of common pleas" are therefore in the United States: the Courts of Common Pleas of Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Delaware. Of these, the first two are superior trial courts of general jurisdiction , the third is the civil division of the superior trial court of general jurisdiction ...
Courts of Texas include: State courts of Texas. Texas Supreme Court (Civil) [1] Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Criminal) [2] Texas Courts of Appeals (14 districts) [3] Texas District Courts (420 districts) [4] Texas County Courts [5] Texas Justice Courts [6] Texas Municipal Courts [7] Federal courts located in Texas. United States District ...
In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
Of Texas’ 15 appellate courts, each has a chief justice and between 3 and 13 justices that rule on cases; 83 justices serve statewide overall. Republicans swept races in five courts
After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
The letter noted how some 628 legal cases were filed following the 2020 election, alleging fraud or impropriety, “and they were overwhelmingly unsuccessful,” and often filed without legal merit.
The clerk of courts office keeps records for the common pleas, municipal, appeals and domestic relations courts. The juvenile and probate courts, which have the same judge, have their own clerk.
Ohio Courts of Common Pleas [257] Ohio Municipal Courts [257] Ohio County Courts [257] Ohio Mayor's Courts; Federal courts located in this state. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (headquartered in Cincinnati, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee)